Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Academic Partner

Rutgers University, one of the primary research universities in the country, has a student body of approximately 50,000 students. The university is known for many fields of study, especially technical fields such as Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology.

Recently, Rutgers has been avidly supporting a hacker culture and promoting active involvement in hackathons and programming contests in the area. In the past year, Rutgers students have attended 27 hackathons and have won multiple prizes in 11 of them. The central hackathon website, www.hackerleague.org, was made by three Rutgers students and is currently thriving as the core infrastructure around which hackathons are organized. Rutgers is also a central hub for amazing and resourceful programmers.